A new £400 million super-prison has opened where inmates will be able to choose the names of their cell blocks and get a say ...

It is 100 years today since the fearsome Newcastle Gaol closed its doors.

Bronson called into the Hilderthorpe pub in Bridlington and belted out Frank Sinatra's My Way to the regulars. Currently ...

The Mirror's Sophie Huskisson recounts her visit to HMP Millsike, a new 1,500-place jail in Yorkshire with a focus on ...

Justice chiefs relied on academic research on the best colours for the walls and floors, amid a violence and overcrowding ...

Ministers have been forced to trigger an emergency measure to house prisoners in police cells as jails run out of space.

It was rebuilt after the notorious Strangeways riot in April 1990, which was the largest disturbance in the prison service's ...

Silby had made an internet search for "What do HM Prison cells look like?" During police interview, he made no comment to all ...

A date has been set for the inquest into the death of a woman who was found unresponsive in her prison cell. Alex Davies, who ...

The government says 200 police cells will be freed up by the measures, which are expected to last for two months but could be ...

Shabana Mahmood said January saw the highest average monthly growth of the prison population in almost two years as she ...